E49 - Lee's Hidden Strength: Forbidden Secret Jutsu!

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    Press down hard on the gas
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    That’s right, there’s no compromise
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    We'll slip through the night
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    At the final moment push hard
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    That's right, all the way to zero,
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    Until we wipe away the days
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    Gently open your heart
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    If you pull it close to you
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    It will reach you, without a doubt
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    It will come, closer
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    Now
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    We’re speeding through life,
    squeezing it for all of its worth
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    Our feet are tied
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    But we still keep going farther
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    Even if I take it back, and grasp it
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    If you’re not the one
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    There will be no meaning
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    And so we’ll go far off into the distance.
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    What?!
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    O-Oh!
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    T-That’s…
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    It's the empty shell of sand!
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    Lee's Hidden Strength:
    Forbidden Secret Jutsu!
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    When did that…?!
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    That’s not possible!
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    While you had your eyes closed
    and were praying.
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    What?
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    For a moment, Lee stopped moving
    because of the pain in his body.
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    At that moment…that’s when!
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    Gaara!
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    That's...!
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    There’s no doubt about it – his eyes…
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    He’s completely awake…
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    The demon…inside him.
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    Run away!
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    That Bowl-Cut’s totally worn down…
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    Gaara is toying with him.
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    W-Why doesn’t Lee dodge?
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    With Lee’s speed, he should easily be
    able to dodge that level of attack.
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    It’s not that he doesn’t dodge,
    it’s that he can’t dodge.
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    What?!
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    What do you mean?
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    The Lotus is a double-edged sword.
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    What do you mean double-edged sword?
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    Why do you think the Lotus is
    a forbidden technique?
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    Well…
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    The Lotus isn’t a Ninjutsu or a Genjutsu.
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    It’s a Taijutsu, with that much
    high-speed movement.
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    The load it puts on a person’s body
    is beyond imagination.
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    So Lee’s entire body is in
    so much pain right now
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    that even moving is out of the question.
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    Isn’t that so…
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    Guy?
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    But that’s…!
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    He has no Ninjutsu, not even
    one Genjutsu …
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    Moreover, the Taijutsu he depends on,
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    it’s now even less than
    an average person’s …
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    There’s no way he can win!
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    He’s had it if this goes on…
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    Lee…
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    Hey, get a move on all of you.
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    I’ll add another 200 laps!
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    Stupid! There’s no way
    you’ll become a Ninja.
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    Yes, I will.
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    There’s no way a chump who can’t
    even use Ninjutsu can become a Ninja!
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    Yes, I will!
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    Whatever, but the fact that a guy like
    you without Ninjutsu or Genjutsu
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    and with less Taijutsu than
    an average person
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    is in this Ninja academy is nonsense.
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    Do you know what you’re called here?
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    Hot-Blooded!
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    Hot-Blooded!
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    Hot-Blooded lose-
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    Hey, get in line, Lee!
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    Hey Lee!
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    So that’s the hot-blooded loser
    everyone’s talking about.
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    Doesn’t he look like
    someone we know?
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    Huh?
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    In particular…his eyebrows.
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    Hmm…
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    Rock Lee…
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    The chump who can only perform
    less than average Taijutsu…
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    But you...
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    You practiced your less
    than average Taijutsu …
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    You practiced it over and
    over again like crazy…
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    396…397…398…399…
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    400…401…402…403…
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    If I can’t do a log kick 500 times,
    then it’s 1,000 squats!
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    413... 414...
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    415... 416... 417... 418...!
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    419... 420…
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    So someone’s here before me…
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    422… 423... 424...
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    425... 426...
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    I suppose I’ll come back…
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    If I can’t do 1,000 squats,
    then it’s 2,000 punches!
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    795… 796… 797… 798…
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    He’s still at it…!
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    2,000 punches!
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    If I can’t, it’s 2,000 jump ropes!
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    You recklessly practiced only
    Taijutsu and eventually…
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    All right, you’ve all become
    Genin as of today,
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    so I’d like to know what
    it is you’re all aiming for!
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    Yes, yes, yes, yes!
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    Tenten.
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    I’d like to become a powerful Ninja
    like the legendary Kunoichi Tsunade!
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    Hmm...
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    And, how about you, Neji?
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    I don’t want to answer…
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    I…!
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    I’d like to prove that I could
    become a respectable Ninja
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    even though I can’t use
    Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!
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    That would be the ultimate for me!
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    Those are good serious eyes…
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    Humph!
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    You!
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    What’s so funny?!
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    I’m serious!
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    I will become a respectable Ninja
    even only with Taijutsu!
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    He should give up already…
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    At this rate…
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    He will simply die with Gaara
    just toying with him…
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    Bushy Brows…!
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    Lee…
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    Not yet… Not yet!
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    Lee, you just won’t learn
    your lesson, will you?
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    There’s no way you can win…
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    Unlike you, Neji is a genius.
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    A genius…?
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    What is a genius?!
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    Even though I may not have talent,
    I’ll exceed genius with my efforts.
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    That is my entire being!
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    That is my Way of the Ninja!
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    You’ll get nowhere, Lee…
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    No matter how much effort you make,
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    there’s no way you can take me down.
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    That’s simply a fact.
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    That's not true!
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    That’s not…
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    But you…refused to give up, not ever!
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    Such meaningless actions…
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    The Bowl-Cut was unlucky to
    have Gaara as his opponent!
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    No…
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    Lee’s not one to give up
    with this much.
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    – What? – Huh?
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    The reason is that Lee…
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    The reason is that Lee…
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    You…continued to make effort.
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    If I can’t jump rope 1,200 times,
    I’ll log kick 2,000 times!
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    1,116... 1,117...!
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    1,118... 1,11--!
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    Huh?!
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    Lee!
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    Are you taking a break already?
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    Guy Sensei…
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    What is it that you want?
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    If it’s about my blunder with
    the recent assignment,
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    I believe I’ve apologized.
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    Lee… It’s true you’re different from Neji.
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    You have no Ninjutsu or Genjutsu skills,
    and you’re not a Taijutsu genius either…
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    But Lee...
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    you have powers
    that exceed Neji…
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    you’re a genius with hidden potential.
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    If you’re trying to make me feel better,
    please stop!
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    Idiot!
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    I’m not trying to make you feel better
    or anything!
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    The reason is that you are…
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    a genius of effort!
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    I wonder if…
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    If that’s true…?
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    I've…I’ve believed that to be true…
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    That if I trained harder than Neji…
    2 or 3 times as much…
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    that I’d surely become stronger.
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    But...
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    I’ve recently begun to think that…
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    I can’t beat a real genius.
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    Is effort really rewarded…?
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    I’ve wanted to know this and
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    so I’ve taken on Neji,
    but it’s always been the same…!
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    I’m no match for him at all!
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    Even when I’m on a mission…
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    My legs still tremble even now…
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    I think that I’ll never become
    stronger though I strive and strive…
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    I am so afraid that I can’t bear it!
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    What am I to do…?
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    There’s no point in making the effort
    if you don’t believe in yourself!
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    Lee, you’re very similar to me.
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    Do you mean our eyebrows?
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    No, not just our eyebrows…
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    I was actually a failure once too…
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    You were, Sensei?
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    But now, I can even win against
    the genius elite Kakashi,
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    because of my efforts…
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    “I’d like to prove that I can become
    a respectable Ninja
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    even though I can’t use Ninjutsu
    and Genjutsu” you said.
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    That’s your Ninja way, right?
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    That’s a fine goal…
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    It’s a fine goal worth sticking to!
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    That’s why you should believe in
    your path and forge straight ahead!
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    Become a man powerful enough
    so that I can just watch you smiling!
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    Understand, Lee?!
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    Yes!
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    Thank you…Guy Sensei…!
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    Stop, Lee!
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    If you fight any more, you’ll die!
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    Bushy Brows…
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    What?!
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    Movement has...
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    ...returned to Lee!
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    Sensei is smiling and watching me…
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    And just because of that,
    I can come back stronger!
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    Stronger… stronger still!
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    Lee’s smiling…even though
    he’s been driven into corner.
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    No.
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    It’s his turn to do the driving.
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    Huh?
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    The Leaf’s Lotus blossoms twice.
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    Blossoms twice…?
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    Lee said that too!
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    The Leaf’s Lotus blossoms twice.
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    When we meet the next time,
    I vow that I will be an even stronger man.
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    No, Guy!
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    You haven’t?!
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    It’s exactly as you imagine.
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    So that Genin…
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    that boy can open the Eight Inner Gates
    in his body and use the Hidden Lotus…
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    The Hidden Lotus?
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    That’s right …
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    This is incredible…
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    Guy…
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    How many of the Eight Inner Gates
    can that boy open now…?
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    Five gates.
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    What exactly is it?
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    These Eight Inner Gates and
    that Hidden Lotus?
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    The Eight Inner Gates are
    “Limiter Releases”
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    used in preparations for
    reaching the Hidden Lotus.
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    A “Limiter Releases”?
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    That’s right …
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    In the Chakra Network
    where chakra flows,
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    there are eight places where the
    chakra points are concentrated
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    in each area of the body from the
    head area down--
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    the Gate of Opening, Gate of Rest,
    Gate of Life, Gate of Pain,
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    Gate of Closing, Gate of Joy,
    Gate of Shock and Gate of Death.
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    These are called the Eight Inner Gates.
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    These eight gates
    continually “limit”
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    the amount of Chakra flowing
    through the body…
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    However, the Lotus’s essence is to force
    the boundaries of these “limits” to open…
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    and bring out several
    tens of times the body’s strength.
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    The Primary Lotus…
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    opens only the first gate,
    the Gate of Opening,
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    and releases the brains restraints
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    to bring forth a person’s muscles’ strength
    to its fullest!
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    That’s the kind of technique it is.
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    So…what is the Hidden Lotus?
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    After forcing the stamina to increase
    at the second gate, the Gate of Rest…
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    From the third gate, the Gate of Life,
    one enters the Hidden Lotus!
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    No way!
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    Even after using just the Primary Lotus,
    his body was in shambles.
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    So if he uses a technique beyond that…
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    That’s right.
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    Huh?
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    By opening all the 8 gates,
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    one attains strength exceeding
    even the Hokage, but in return…
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    one dies!
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    I don’t intend to pry into what that
    boy means to you
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    or to tell you not to bring
    your personal feelings into play…
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    But there is a limit!
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    I’ve misjudged you…Guy!
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    What do you know…about that boy?!
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    There is something important which
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    that boy wants to prove and
    protect even if it costs him his life.
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    I’d like to prove that I can become
    a respectable Ninja
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    even though I can’t use
    Ninjutsu and Genjutsu!
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    That would be the ultimate for me!
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    That’s why I…
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    wanted to make him a man
    that could protect that thing.
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    That’s all there is…
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    Lee!
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    I’m going to teach you
    a new technique.
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    Yippie, yeah!
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    – One that will be your trump card.
    – Yeah, that's great!
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    Yippie, yeah! Yippie yeah!
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    Lee, listen to my explanation
    seriously, all right?!
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    Y-Yes, Sensei!
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    Let me first say that...
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    this is more of a forbidden Jutsu
    than the Primary Lotus!
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    And it will become the
    most special technique for you.
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    Special...?
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    However...
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    there is one strict condition
    for using this technique.
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    That is...
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    That is…
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    What?
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    I don’t know what
    you’re planning to do…
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    But this is the end for you.
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    That’s true…
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    In any case…
    it will be the end with the next.
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    Neji…
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    Sasuke…and…
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    There is no way that I alone
    can lose in a place like this!
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    Guy Sensei…please allow this…!
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    It is now!
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    The time to carry through and
    protect one’s own Way of the Ninja!
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    The Third Gate of Life…open!
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    Hey, can you hear it?
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    The clear, blue sky goes on and on
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    The ocean spans limitlessly
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    Please keep that smile on your face forever
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    Or else I’ll cry
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    You won't have to search around you
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    It’s all ok now.
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    Everyone is inside
    this hand
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    When you want to cry,
    and you want to run away
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    When you forget what happiness is
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    Just sing.
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    Light is born, and darkness was born
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    The two are one
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    Harmonia, feel the telepathy
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    Hey, can you hear it?
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    Effort is always rewarded.
    My belief in this has brought me this far.
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    Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto…
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    There’s no way that I can lose
    in a place like this!
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    Even though this technique is
    my ace in the hole,
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    I’ll show it especially to you!
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    This is my ultimate secret
    Taijutsu technique!
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    Next Episode: “The Fifth Gate:
    A Splendid Ninja is Born”
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    This is the end!